Certain foods have a high thermogenic effect, which means that the digestion of these foods alone consumes many calories. For example, when taking 200 calories of protein, the body uses about 40 to 70 calories of it just for digestion. These are the foods with a particularly high thermogenic effect. 

 

Wholemeal

The organism consumes about twice as many calories to digest wholemeal products as it does when eating the same product without wholemeal. Good calorie burners are oatmeal and wholemeal rice.

Lean meat

Proteins have a high thermogenic effect. When eating 300 calories of lean meat, the body uses up to a third of it for utilisation. 

Green tea

Green tea boosts the metabolism and thus accelerates the burning of calories. However, since green tea contains caffeine, you should not drink more than four cups a day.

Legumes

Pulses are very rich in protein and thus have a high thermogenic effect. In addition, they are rich in iron, which is necessary for the metabolic process. A lack of iron slows down the metabolism, so in order to function effectively, one should pay attention to an iron-rich diet.

Hot spices

Hot peppers, cayenne and chilli, for example, increase the body temperature during digestion and thus help to burn fat. Simply spice up your normal food and you will consume more calories!